Entrants have until 5pm on Valentine’s Day (February 14) to submit entries for the 2020 British Pie Awards, hosted by the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association.
After a ten-year struggle, Melton Mowbray pork pies have secured Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status to become the first cooked recipe-based product in the UK to receive the protection.
Northern Foods yesterday said it has filed an appeal in the UK's
High Court against a decision that could cut the company out of the
lucrative market for Melton Mowbray pork pies.
Northern Foods has vowed to take its battle over who can make
Melton Mowbray pork pies to a higher court, after being stymed by a
UK judge who ruled that an application by local producers for
protected status can proceed under EU...
The battle in the UK over where Melton Mowbray pork pies can be
made wrapped up yesterday after two days of arguments in a UK
court, with the judge hearing the case saying he would hand down
his decision at a later date.
